An SRV record, which is short for Service record, is a DNS entry employed to outline the servers that run a particular service for a domain. Quite simply, you’re able to use your Internet domain not only for a web site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or perhaps a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, while you still have a site with it. If you create the SRV record, you can choose what Internet Protocol it is going to use, on which port the connection to the particular server is going to be established plus the priority and the weight of the record provided that there are several SRV records for the exact same service. The latter option will enable you to employ different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this type of DNS records, you may use the same domain for various purposes and even with different providers in case the same one can't provide all services you require.

SRV Records in Shared Hosting

Provided you have a shared hosting account with our company and the DNS records for a domain name included in it are handled by our system, you're going to be able to set up any record that you need easily, including an SRV one. This is done via the user-friendly Hepsia CP and as soon as you log in to your web hosting account and go to the DNS Records section, you'll only need to fill a few boxes with the necessary info and your new SRV record will be active within a few hours. You can enter the service, protocol and the port number you'd like to use along with the priority and the weight of the new record based on how you would like to set up your system or what the third-party provider wants. When required, you may also modify the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which indicates how long it's going to remain active after you change or erase it. The default TTL value for the majority of records is 3600 seconds and you will be able to leave it if you don't specifically need a different one.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

A completely new SRV record can be created within seconds for every single domain hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, used to control the semi-dedicated accounts, features a rather easy-to-use interface, so you'll be able to create any DNS record even when you have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you could set up records using the DNS management tool, which is part of Hepsia and once you select SRV for the type, a few text boxes will appear. You have to type the service, port number and protocol info in addition to the record value in them and the new record will be working soon after that. The priority and weight options may be set to every value between 1 and 100, the standard one being 10. You can adjust any of the two if the other provider has requested you to do so. Additionally, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which reveals the duration a record is going to remain live if changed or erased, may also be modified from the default 3600 seconds.